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The Summer 2008 newsletter is online, and previous issues are on the Newsletter Page.
On this page you will find a Regional Calendar which lists a sampling of Dharma events throughout the state. Just like the newsletter, the calendar will include events from all Buddhist traditions. The Buddhist Centers Page is just that, a listing of Buddhist Centers in the State of Florida.
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LOCAL CALENDARNORTHERN FLORIDA...AUGUST, 2008 KARMA THEGSUM CHOLING, Jacksonville Weekly Practice Schedule Mondays 6:30 p.m. - Starting January 14th, 2008, Monday Night Ngondro: For those who have the ngondro lung please come join us Monday nights, practice starts promptly @ 6:30PM so please arrive early. Tuesdays 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. - Silent sitting and walking meditation. Doors open at 6:45. All are welcome. Wednesdays 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. - Silent sitting and walking meditation. Doors open at 6:45. All are welcome. Saturdays 10:30 a.m.-12 Noon - Chenrezig and Amitabha sadhanas. Doors open at 9:00 a.m. for silent sitting meditation. All are welcomehttp://www.ktcjax.org/welcome/events.html
AUGUST, 2008 TALLAHASSEE SHAMBHALA MEDITATION GROUP, Tallahassee As the warm lazy days of summer come upon us, it seems a perfect time to slip into the cool, quiet sitting space at our new center at 2700 Apalachee Parkway, Suite A. We've planned a lovely summer schedule with a variety of times to sit and some programs for deepening your study. Please contact Betsy Spearing, swamislugbore@yahoo.com or call Adrienne Gautier 421-8102, if you have any questions. EVERY WEEK: Monday : 7:00-8:15 pm: Meditation instruction, sitting /walking meditation practice, discussion group ( Pema Chodron: Start Where You Are). Good for beginning meditators. Tuesday: 7:00-8:00 pm: Formal chants, sitting/walking meditation. No discussion. NYINTHUN ( 3 HOUR SITS): This is an opportunity to sit for any amount of time you would like. The session will begin and end with formal chants. Sitting practice alternating with walking meditation continues throughout the 3 hours. Join in whenever you would like, entering and exiting the shrine room quietly. All levels of experience welcome. Sunday, May 25 : 10 am-1pm Facilitator: Adrienne GautierSaturday , June 7: 10am-1 pm Adrienne Gautier Saturday, June 28: 9 am-12 pm Betsy Spearing Sunday, July 13: 9 am -12 pm Jo Schaden Sunday, August 3: 9 am-12 pm Margaret Clark No cost to above programs: donations welcome. http://webdharma.com/shambhala/ IN THE MIDDLE...AUGUST, 2008 KARMA THEGSUM CHOLING, Gainesville Sundays Ongoing 11:00 a.m-12:30 p.m. Meditation, dharma teachings, Chenrezig sadhana. Visitors are welcome and meditation instruction is available. We meet at The Sanctuary Yoga Center, 1204 NW 10 Ave., Gainesville FL.http://www.kagyu.org/kagyulineage/centers/usa/usa-gai.php AUGUST, 2008 BOOK GROUP, Tampa There will be a book discussion group starting, Thursday March 6th @ 6:00 P.M. at 490 Bosphorus Ave. on Davis Island. We will be reading Ven. Khenpo Karthar's "Dharma Paths". There will be copies of the book that you can purchase. We will be reading a chapter a week and then have a discussion. Please call me or email me to pre-register. I do need a head count to ensure that I have the necessary number of copies of the book, Thank You.
Dede Van Haght AUGUST 6, 2008 KATSEL DHARMA CENTER, Tampa LAMA KONCHOK SONAM gives the Medicine Buddha empowerment.AUGUST 15-17, 2008 FLOWING DHARMA, Tampa Conscious Living, Conscious Dying - Cultivating the Buddha's Teachings on Non-Self A 3-day residential retreat with Ginny Morgan August 15-17, 2008 Franciscan Center, Tampa Sponsored by Flowing Dharmahttp://www.steveshealyphd.com/tvg.htm
SEPTEMBER 26-28, 2008 RATNASHRI SANGHA of TAMPA BAY DRUPON RINCHEN DORJEE RINPOCHEWill lead us in a Nyungne Retreat with an 1000-arm Chenrezig empowerment, instructions and practice, according to the tradition of Gelongma Palmo. Translator: Ina Bieler This will be a Closed Retreat, held in a residential setting with a limited number of participants. Pre-registration will be required. For more information and to pre-register, contact Richard 727-834-9308 http://www.ratnashri-tampabay.org/ OCTOBER 24 - 26, 2008 WAT FLORIDA DHAMMARAM, Kissimmee Heart Shrine Relic Tour.Friday 7pm Opening Ceremony Saturday 10am to 7pm Sunday 10am to 7pm Wat Florida Dhammmaram 2421 Old Vineland Road Kissimmee FL 34746 Contact: Chih Ho Email: chihho2004@yahoo.com Telephone: +1 407 538 6491 OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER 2, 2008 UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS, Clearwater The Maitreya Project Heart Shrine Relic Tour at the Unitarian Universalists of Clearwater2470 Nursery Road, Clearwater, Florida 33764 Call (727) 512-4805 for details. Free Admission. Free Parking. Everyone is welcome. Friday evening 7 PM Interfaith Opening Ceremony. 10 AM- 7 PM Saturday & Sunday A film about The Maitreya Project, a long term plan to develop the ancient siite of Kusinagara in north India where Buddha attained parinirvana, will be shown throughout the day. The True Dharma International UU Buddhist Fellowship meets every Tuesday at 7 PM at UU Clearwater led by Dharma Teacher Frank Tedesco, Ph.D. in Buddhist Studies. For new and advanced students. "Ehi passiko"- "Come and see!" (727) 512-4805 SOUTH...AUGUST 2008, KAGYU SHEDRUP CHOLING, El Portal Sundays 8:30 a.m. Butterlamp offerings, meditation, chanting the sadhana of Green Tara/ Medicine Buddha. Butterlamps are a traditional Tibetan offering. This “Offering of One Hundred” includes 108 butter lamps, 108 bowls of saffron water, rice, flowers and incense. Participants chant the sadhanas keeping in mind special prayer requests made that particular day. Tuesdays 7:30p.m. New Beginners ClassLearn meditation and basic Buddhist philosophy. There will be time for sitting meditation, chanting meditation, preliminary practices or others after the teachings. First session of each month will be on introduction to Buddhism. For the complete schedule, please visit the centers website. http://www.kagyu-sfla.org/index1.htm AUGUST 2008, PADMASAMBHAVA CENTER, Palm Beach Ongoing for Sundays and Wednesdays is Shinay practice and on Tuesday is Heart Sutra practice. Most Saturdays there is an Open House. A full schedule for the center is on the website.
http://www.pbdc.net/center.html AUGUST, 2008 SOUTHERN PALM ZEN GROUP, Boca Raton
Come sit with us August 23 from 7 a.m. until noon. Our current book is Warm Smiles from Cold Mountains, by Reb Anderson. August 6 Council “Entering the Stream”, Gary Faysash, Presenter. August 15 “Warm Smiles..” Chapt. 18, David Sides, facilitator August 23 “Warm Smiles..” Chapt. 19, Jeff Minde, facilitator August 30 “Warm Smiles..” Chapt. 20, Lynn Edinoff, facilitator Note: In September, we will begin a new book Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck. Copies are for sale at the zendo. Saturday Schedule (7:15–9:10 service & zazen; 9:15–10:00 breakfast discussion) Current book study is You have to Say Something, by Dainin Katagiri August 2 “Throw Yourself Away”, p.66 August 9 “Opening Your Heart”, p.68 August 16 “Using the Selfish Self”, p. 71 August 23 Half-Day Zazenkai August 30 “Egolessness”, p.72 Weekday Schedule: The zendo is open for zazen from 7 – 8 a.m. on Tuesdays & Thursdays. Note: there will be no morning zazen August 19 and 21. http://www.floridazen.com/
JUNE 9 - AUGUST 10, 2008 WAT BUDDHARANGSI, Homestead Thai Summer School at Wat Buddharangsi with the cooperation of the Chandrakasem Rajabhat University and Thai-American Association, this will be our 8th year of the summer school program at Wat Buddharangsi. The summer session starts on June 9 to August 10, Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The program includes classes in Thai language, culture, music, dance, customs, and manners. Also, there will be classes on Buddhism and meditation. We would like to encourage you to send your children and grandchildren age 6 and up to attend this summer program free of charge. Sunday June 8 from 10:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. will be the summer school program's orientation This orientation will give the opportunity for students and parents to meet with teachers to discuss and ask questions about the program and to prepare the students for classes. Also, this summer on every Thursday from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. there is a class teaching Muay Thai Kick boxing by Master Thanapol Laosupho, a former professional boxer from Thailand. This class is open to students age 6 and up male and female. Please contact the temple at (305) 245-2702 for more information.http://watmiami.org/events.en.html?e=2 SEPTEMBER 21, 2008 WAT BUDDHARANGSI, Homestead Sart Thai Festival is the day on which we make offerings to our deceased relatives and ancestors. We believe that when we do good deeds, those deeds can be to transferred to our relatives and ancestors. Our relatives and ancestors will receive those good deeds and that will help send their spirits to heaven. This tradition and culture has been handed down since the Sukhothai period. Sart Thai Festival is usually held on the 14th and 15th waning moon of the 10th lunar month of the year. It is the season the wheat?s flower bloom, most farmers will make a special cookie called "Kra Ya Sart". Kra ya sart is a cookie that is made of popped rice, peanuts, sesame, coconut and brown sugar that is mixed together and cooked on a stove until it sticks together. When it is cold, it is crispy and then it wrapped with green banana leaf, It is tradition that the farmers will offer this Kra ya sart cookie to the monks at the Festival and also to friends and families. Schedule is as follows: http://watmiami.org/events.en.html?e=2 AUGUST 23, 2008 PALM BEACH SHAMBHALA MEDITATION GROUP, Palm Beach Nyinthunwith Brett Ferrigan & Richard White August 23 / 9:00 AM - August 23 / 5:30 PM Price: $25.00 Nyinthun Retreat August 23, 2008 $25.00 includes meals This daylong silent practice gives us time and space to settle down, to get in touch with the depths of our minds. Nyinthun includes two three-hour sitting/walking meditations. Everyone is welcome. However, the only prerequisite is having received meditation instruction. (To contact a meditation instructor, please email palmbeachshambhala@comcast.net) Schedule: 9:00-9:30 am - Continental Breakfast 9:30-12:30 pm - Silent Meditation 12:30-1:30 pm - Silent Lunch 1:30-4:30 pm - Silent Meditation 4:30-5:30 pm - Contemplative Speaking http://palmbeach.shambhala.org/index.php SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 TINGZIN LING, Miami Beach Tingzin Ling and Books and Books present An evening Public Talk with Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche, "Bringing Peace to Our Minds" Friday: 7pm - 9pm Venue: Books and Books 265 Aragon Avenue Coral Gables FL. 33134For more information contact Karina at tingzinling@gmail.com or ontheseabythesea@yahoo.comFor more information about Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche please visit the website. http://www.katogcholing.com/about.html SEPTEMBER 6 - 7, 2008 TINGZIN LING, Miami Beach Miami Beach Meditation Retreat with Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche Saturday and Sunday: 10am -12pm and 2pm - 5pm The Alchemical Courtyard 1688 Meridian Avenue, 10th Floor, For more information contact Karina at tingzinling@gmail.com or ontheseabythesea@yahoo.comFor more information about Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche please visit the website. http://www.katogcholing.com/about.html |